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Correspondence, 1887 January - June

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 12
Identifier: id81447

Scope and Contents

Family, friend, and business correspondence. Mr. P. B. Price wants to publish a Hampton Sydney address by Hugh Blair Grigsby.  Farming related correspondence about prices, orders, and more.  William Wilson Galt writes about selling Main Street house, family affairs, and Mrs. Grigsby.  Letters and replies to invitations from ladies, plus a letter from P. Morison who writes, "I should prefer not going out with you...I go with are usually college boys and the younger Seminary students in whom I feel some special interest..."  Kate Bigelow writes about her teaching job and "if I see or know of any one whom I think will suit you, I will certainly remember you".  W. T. Ewell writes from William & Mary about the bond deeded to William & Mary by Hugh Blair Grigsby and the portrait of Hugh Blair Grigsby.  Invitations from neighbors.  Lottie Carrington sells seven of a dozen of autographed letters from George Washington for $25 each, and is trying to locate some of the other letters that belong to her.

Dates

  • Creation: 1887 January - June

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Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English Spanish;Castilian

Conditions Governing Access:

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Extent

From the Collection: 16.75 Linear Feet

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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